Food waste

One thing I did not anticipate with having birds, is the food waste! I feel like I’m throwing out so much food all the time. It was worse in the first few weeks after rescue when they were getting used to different foods, but some days they are more picky? Is this a normal part of bird keeping that I will just have to get used to? I don’t want to feed them less and then they go hungry on picky days 🥲

*so much food is a slight exaggeration….probably more like a couple tablespoons of chop/pellet/seed mix, everyday.

*basically I just need reassurance